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Nick Veronin on August 15, 2018
Hey, you guys! It’s hard to imagine the smash Netflix hit Stranger Things without the likes of The Goonies. This Steven Spielberg-produced coming-of-age action-adventure flick first hit theaters in 1985. It follows a band of mischievous kids and their older teenage siblings as they uncover a mysterious map, which in turn leads…
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Dominoe Ibarra on August 9, 2018
The 22nd annual Fiesta de Artes, hosted by the Los Gatos Kiwanis Club, is coming to the Civic Center grounds in downtown Los Gatos. This family-friendly event will feature more than 220 booths with fine art and handmade crafts, tasty food from various food trucks, local wines, refreshing beer and live music…
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Mike Huguenor on August 9, 2018
Whether it’s Fortnight or Metroid, Pokemon or Snatcher, MagWest has your back for all things video game-related. The West Coast spinoff of MagFest (the longrunning DC-area video game festival) is now in its second year in Santa Clara. The festival is returning with a huge arcade, bands—including San Jose-based Continuum Kingdom (pictured)—and…
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Mike Huguenor on August 9, 2018
For thousands of years, humans have been watching the Perseids meteor showers. The ancient stellar event happens annually around this time when dust from the Swift-Tuttle Comet lights up the night sky. Montalvo Arts Center is opening up its lawn for a stargazing event to coincide with the peak of year’s shower.…
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Winona Rajamohan on August 8, 2018
San Jose Youth Shakespeare is celebrating Christmas early with one of Shakespeare’s most gender-bent comedies. Originally performed on the final evening of Christmastide, Twelfth Night features plenty of cross-dressing and a bit of what historians have identified as metatheatre—that is, playing with the concept of acting in a play on stage. This…
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Dominoe Ibarra on August 8, 2018
Since the recent legalization of marijuana, it’s been easier than ever roll up a joint and get high with some friends. But the growing cultural and systemic acceptance of pot smoking doesn’t mean the rules of the road are any less lax; it’s just that enforcing them has been complicated.
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Dominoe Ibarra on August 4, 2018
As Silicon Valley Pride approaches, the Santa Clara County Fair is shouting out to the local LGBTQ community with it’s first-ever “Out at the Fair” event. This welcoming theme kicks off the 2018 fair, which continues through the weekend. Come out to enjoy delicious food, live entertainment, carnival rides, livestock shows, exhibits…
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Kaylee Lawler on August 2, 2018
An intimate account of love and loss, The Last Five Years follows a young couple through the significant milestones in their five-year relationship. The musical begins from the perspective of aspiring writer Jamie, on his first date with an up-and-coming actress named Cathy. From there it toggles back and forth between the…
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Julia Baum on August 1, 2018
Weed’s a powerful enough drug to lure business, labor and political interests into the same space as pot farmers and folks getting paid to guard ganja with guns. In this case, it was the country’s leading ganjapreneurs that rubbed elbows with the South Bay political elite last week at the Silicon Valley…
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Kaylee Lawler on July 26, 2018
There is nothing quite like the scratchy sound of a vinyl record to get the creative juices flowing. Well… beer and wine also help with that. DJ and founder of the all-girl Chulita Vinyl Club Claudina Saenz collects records like they were 45 rpm memories. She deploys them strategically to provide her…
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